CVE-2024-57966

libarchiveplugin.cpp in KDE ark before 24.12.0 can extract to an absolute path from an archive.

Published: 2025-02-03 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Deferred，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-57966 is rated Low Risk (26.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.26%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-57966

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.04% 0.26% +0.22%
2 2025-02-03 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-57966

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
 1.8 2.7 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-57966

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-57966

vendor priority summary link
alpine medium CVE-2024-57966: 1 source package rows (ark); 6 state rows across 2 repos (3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 6. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-57966
debian not yet assigned CVE-2024-57966 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ark), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-57966
suse medium CVE-2024-57966 severity moderate: SUSE including 4 source package names (ark-23.08.5-bp156.2.3.1, ark-lang-23.08.5-bp156.2.3.1, kdeutils4, libkerfuffle23-23.08.5-bp156.2.3.1), 7 product×package rows across 3 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS, SUSE Package Hub 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6): Fixed 6, Known Not Affected 1. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-57966/
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-57966 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ark), 9 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 5, not-affected 2, ignored 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-57966

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-57966

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kde ark < 24.12.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:ark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-57966

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